Who do you think Carly Fiorina is?

When comparing Carly Fiorina articles on Politico (liberal) and Fox News (conservative) I found that the Politico article focused more on the fact that she has never held a political position in any major forms of government. Although, they did give her the benefit of the doubt and pull examples from actions shown throughout her 2010 California campaign against Barbara Boxer. Politico also focused on the “tumultuous tenure” at the company, Hewlett-Packard. The big-ticket issue within this statement was the fact that Carly was politically fighting for more creation of jobs but during her time at HP fired over 30,000 employees. Throughout the remainder of this article Carly was portrayed economically and politically irresponsible. Issues praised were Carly’s fight for the “war on women” and her ability to empathize with people due to her past cancer diagnoses. 

 

Based on the research I have done on Carly Fiorina, I believe both article are extreme representations of certain aspects of Carly’s experiences and potential. I believe that parts of the Politico article could accurately be used to represent Carly’s potential, because of her lack of experience in office. Although Politico uses this idea as their main argument against Carly, she has provided positive examples of leadership throughout her years leading up to this campaign. On the other hand, I believe that the Fox News article over glorifies Carly’s time at HP. As I do agree with Carly’s great potential for 2016, I think that Politico’s example of Carly’s mass employment reduction brings up important contradiction in her campaign. 

The fact that Fox News praises her so adamantly about her time at HP fails to recognize the other important aspects of her campaign and message. As in the many social issues Carly has focused on bettering throughout her candidacy, if elected. These issues such as women’s rights, gay rights and the overall economy, are never discussed throughout the article. I do understand that certain article talk about certain issues but given the title of the article, “Carly Fiorina: Why ex-CEO could give Hillary Clinton a real run for her money”, I expect the article to touch on multiple facets of the campaign. This link to Carly’s website illustrates the multiple issues and ideas Carly is trying to promote throughout her campaign that were not touched on in either articles: Carly's Mission

When viewing these articles, uninformed voters would have strewn ideas of Carly Fiorina’s campaign. I believe the Fox News article would paint an overzealous picture for her issue stances and potential. I believe the Politico article would also paint an inaccurate picture of Carly’s potential in the 2016 presidential race.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/carly-fiorina-in-2016-114354.html

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/04/09/carly-fiorina-why-ex-ceo-could-give-hillary-clinton-run-for-her-money/